2025 Milwaukee Brewers player grades
Here are our Milwaukee Brewers player grades for 2025, based on analysis by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Brewers beat writers Todd Rosiak and Curt Hogg.
Following a quiet trip to the Major League Baseball winter meetings in Orlando, the Milwaukee Brewers made a depth acquisition Thursday, Dec. 11 with the signing of free-agent outfielder Akil Baddoo to a one-year, major-league contract.
Baddoo, 27, played 347 games with the Detroit Tigers over the past five seasons, hitting .224 with 28 home runs and 104 runs batted in with an on-base plus slugging of .674. He also accounted for 2.8 Wins Above Replacement.
A 2016 second-round pick of the Minnesota Twins, Baddoo’s rookie season in 2021 was his best, when he homered on the first pitch he saw in the major leagues and went on to hit .259/13/55/.766 with 18 stolen bases in 124 games after being selected by the Tigers in the 2020 Rule 5 draft.
He was designated for assignment by the Tigers at the end of the 2024 season but re-signed with the organization on a minor-league deal and spent the majority of 2025 at Class AAA Toledo, where he hit .281/15/48/.868 in 103 games.
Baddoo is a left-handed hitter who’s considered an above-average defender capable of playing all three outfield spots (career plus-8 defensive runs saved). He also has one minor-league option remaining, which figures to make him a nice depth addition at a position of some need.
Baddoo’s addition fills Milwaukee’s 40-man roster.
Brewers sign Greg Jones
The Brewers also signed infielder-outfielder Greg Jones to a minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training.
Jones, who turns 28 on March 7, is a switch-hitter who was a 2019 first-round pick of the Tampa Bay Rays (22nd overall) and has logged nine games in the major leagues with the Colorado Rockies (2024) and Chicago White Sox (2025).
“Baddoo and Jones are premium athletes with big-league experience that we believe can help us this year,” Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold said. “Both are versatile athletes in their own ways and the reports we had on them were very promising.
“We’re excited to add both to our group.”
A .262 career hitter in the minor leagues with 51 homers, 194 RBI, OPS of .781 and 172 stolen bases in 380 games, Jones has played strictly outfield in his limited time in the majors but has logged most of his professional innings at shortstop.
The addition of Jones increases Milwaukee’s non-roster invitee count to four, with infielder Eddys Leonard, catcher Darrien Miller and infielder-outfielder Eduardo Garcia.